HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.
How It Reads#D0AAAA set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Charcoal on #D0AAAA#D0AAAASet in Charcoal on #D0AAAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 8.9:1#D0AAAA on Charcoal#D0AAAASet in #D0AAAA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.9:1Espresso on #D0AAAA#D0AAAASet in Espresso on #D0AAAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1#D0AAAA on Espresso#D0AAAASet in #D0AAAA on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1#D0AAAA on Clay#D0AAAASet in #D0AAAA on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1Clay on #D0AAAA#D0AAAASet in Clay on #D0AAAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #D0AAAA
#D0AAAARed-blind (protanopia)#D0AAAAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#D0AAAABlue-blind (tritanopia)#D0AAAANo color (achromatopsia)